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Minor earthquake, 2.98 mag was detected near Pahala in Hawaii

Posted by admin on February 1, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2093334S, -155.4035034WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Exact location of event, depth 32.05 km, -155.4035034° West, 19.2093334° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71362612. Id of event: hv71362612. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:48:19 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.05 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/02/20 / 2020-02-01 13:48:19 / February 1, 2020 @ 1:48 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km E of Pahala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4035034° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2093334° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km E of Pahala, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-01 13:48:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-01 13:53:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 137 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network hv The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.09822 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv71362612 Id of event.
Event Code 71362612 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71362612, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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